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  • The Register: AT&T not sure if new customer data dump is déjà vu

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/05/att_investigates_data_dump/ Source: The Register Title: AT&T not sure if new customer data dump is déjà vu Feedly Summary: Re-selling info from an earlier breach? Probably. But which one? AT&T is investigating claims that millions of its customers’ data are listed for sale on a cybercrime forum in what appears to be a re-release…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Newly identified wiper malware “PathWiper” targets critical infrastructure in Ukraine

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/pathwiper-targets-ukraine/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Newly identified wiper malware “PathWiper” targets critical infrastructure in Ukraine Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos observed a destructive attack on a critical infrastructure entity within Ukraine, using a previously unknown wiper we are calling “PathWiper.” AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Cisco Talos has reported a destructive cyber…

  • CSA: Phishing Campaigns: Taking the Pressure Off Employees

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/taking-the-pressure-off-employees-when-protecting-the-organization-from-phishing-campaigns Source: CSA Title: Phishing Campaigns: Taking the Pressure Off Employees Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a comprehensive overview of phishing attacks’ nature and tactics, emphasizing that most cyber breaches start with social engineering, particularly phishing. It advocates for proactive measures to mitigate risks, especially those posed…

  • The Register: Stargate to land its first offshore datacenters in the United Arab Emirates

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/stargate_uae/ Source: The Register Title: Stargate to land its first offshore datacenters in the United Arab Emirates Feedly Summary: Says it will serve half of humanity but testing that claim produced a hilarious ChatGPT fail Stargate, the Open AI led consortium that aims to build giant AI datacenters, has picked the United Arab…

  • The Register: Chinese snoops tried to break into US city utilities, says Talos

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/22/chinese_crew_us_city_utilities/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese snoops tried to break into US city utilities, says Talos Feedly Summary: Intrusions began weeks before Trimble patched the Cityworks hole A suspected Chinese crew has been exploiting a now-patched remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Trimble Cityworks to break into US local government networks and target…

  • Slashdot: KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/20/2215258/krebsonsecurity-hit-with-near-record-63-tbps-ddos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a massive DDoS attack attributed to the Aisuru IoT botnet, marking it as a significant event in the realm of cybersecurity. It highlights how this attack was likely a demonstration of…

  • CSA: High-Profile AI Failures Teach Us About Resilience

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/when-ai-breaks-bad-what-high-profile-failures-teach-us-about-resilience Source: CSA Title: High-Profile AI Failures Teach Us About Resilience Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the vulnerabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) highlighted through significant real-world failures, emphasizing a new framework, the AI Resilience Benchmarking Model, developed by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). This model delineates methods…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting OpenAI on Twitter

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/15/openai-on-twitter/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting OpenAI on Twitter Feedly Summary: By popular request, GPT-4.1 will be available directly in ChatGPT starting today. GPT-4.1 is a specialized model that excels at coding tasks & instruction following. Because it’s faster, it’s a great alternative to OpenAI o3 & o4-mini for everyday coding needs.…

  • The Register: As US vuln-tracking falters, EU enters with its own security bug database

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/eu_security_bug_database/ Source: The Register Title: As US vuln-tracking falters, EU enters with its own security bug database Feedly Summary: EUVD comes into play not a moment too soon The European Vulnerability Database (EUVD) is now fully operational, offering a streamlined platform to monitor critical and actively exploited security flaws amid the US struggles…